1) Is ConvoRelay Deaf-owned (meaning is the CEO, founder, or owner Deaf)?
"Convo is a 100% deaf owned company at this point with 4 partners. (Chad Taylor, Wayne Betts, Ed Bosson and myself: Robin Horwitz)" (They are all Deaf). Ed Bosson is the father of VRS, inventing the system back in early 1990's when he was working with Texas Public Utilities Commission."
2) How many Deaf employees are working for the company and what percentage do they make up of your workforce?
"Currently, we have 86% of our employees/contractors that are deaf. If you take CODA's into consideration with signing skills - it would be 93%. So we're really a company that relies a lot on signing to communicate with each other."
Currently, their flagship product is the ConvoIM on the iChat service. If you do have Mackintosh equipment, give it a try! You can watch this tutorial to guide you in setting up ConvoIM. Also they have convorelay.tv for all Videophone based devices."
Lastly, this is a funny video that promotes ConvoRelay.
"Convolution"
Once again, thank you Robin Horwitz for taking the time and energy. We all appreciate it!
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